schulz. things do turn eventually a good deal could. don't forget on boxing day for the north of scotland we have storm connor to deal with, gusts of windsor is around 80 mph. very wintry showers for a good part —— with wind to reach gusts. a lot of sunshine around, but in much fresher vuelta the day. —— feel to the day. and on hello. this is bbc news with christian fras the headlines at 12.30am. the queen has missed the christmas day service at sandringham, as she has a heavy cold.

the duke of edinburgh and other members of the royal family are on their way to church on the norfolk estate. in her pre—recorded message to the commonwealth later today, the queen will say she draws strength from "ordinary people doing in his christmas mass at the vatican, the pope has urged world leaders to negotiate a peace deal in syria — telling thousands of spectators that "too much blood has been spilled". more than sixty members of a celebrated russian military band are among those killed when their plane crashed on its way to take them to entertain troops in syria. now on bbc news.......it‘s been a fantastic year for gb‘s 0lympians and paralympians. nick hope looks back on a golden summer in rio in review 2016: gold rush in rio coming four years after a stunning london games, rio 2016 had

a tough act to follow. and while the build up was far from ideal, with political scandals, a financial crisis and worries about the zika virus, brazil was always going to offer a spectacular setting for south america's first ever olympic and paralympic games. there'd be plenty of time for selfies after the success, and team gb had big ambitions — hoping for their best ever foreign 0lympics. whilst paralympics gb were hoping to better their medal haulfrom london 2012. more on their success stories later, but first to athletics... and super saturday, part two! the stadium erupts! three gold medals for gb! what a night! sydney 2000 heptathlon champion denise lewis was there in rio as mo farah, jessica ennis—hill and greg rutherford bid to defend their respective 0lympic titles.

we were all looking forward of super saturday from london 2012. we had mo farah going in the 10,000 metres. but it wasn't without its drama. falls... fallen, clip there. bumps, barges... but mo still came through. the atmosphere in the stadium was electric. mo farah becomes the first british athlete to win three olympic gold medals! jess ennis—hill was not going to have it all her own way in the women's heptathlon, straight back from giving birth to her son reggie. birth to her son, reggie. could she retain her title? she fought hard and competed with such valour. to come away with silver was a great achievement for a woman who has just graced the tracks for so many years. and so to to greg, desperate to try to retain his title. with a jump of eight metres 29 it was only going to be bronze.

men's 5,000 metre final. mo going for the double double! could he do the double? farah wins! delivered on every count! gold forgb again! double double! after the 10k my legs were tired. can't believe i did it! just every athlete's dream. i can't belive it! and hasn't sunk in yet. on british women had high hopes in the ax1 — on could they actually come through and take a medal? yes they could! gb for bronze! doing a fantasticjob to bring home a medalfor britain. medals in the 4x4,

taking that bronze. and who could forget sophie hitchon in the women's hammer! bronze medal. totally unexpected. but boy did she work hard for it! coming through on the sixth and final throw. 0verall, fantastic championships for british athletics. a lot has to go to mo! hi, i'm vicky holland, and in rio i became the first british woman to ever win an olympic triathlon medal. the race was tough conditions, interesting surf swim followed by a hilly tough bike ride, flat run, hot humid sprint finish. i came out with a bronze. having watched the olympics from six years old, in front of the tv, to coming home and finally having a medal was everything i wanted. 0bviously triathlon has a couple of other superstars in the sport. alistair and jonny did fantastically well to win gold and silver. the pioneers of triathlon. i'm so pleased to have won a medal alongside them. the british success didn't stop there. golf made a controversial return. but gb'sjustin rose loved his time in brazil. becoming the sport's first 0lympic gold medallist for 112 years.

andy murray had an unbelievable year and defended his 0lympic tennis title after an epic battle with argentina's del potro. the tennis venue is the crown jewel of venue's in the rio olympic park and just a matter of metres away, the velodrome. one of the most challenging and finished just weeks before the olympics began. that said, any issues that organisers had with it paled into insignificance next to the difficult build up gb cycling had ahead of the olympics. performance manager shane sutton resigned after allegations of bullying and sexist comments. results on the track had been mixed at best. but once again they peaked when it mattered most. gill douglas rounds up the action. jill douglas rounds up the action. 0ne gold medal up for grabs on the opening day.

men's team sprint. for four years gb had struggled to fill the shoes of sir chris hoy in the anchor role. but lead out by defending champions phillip hines and jason kenny, another scot, callum skinner rose to the occasion. towards the line! gold for gb! champions again! the next day, all the focus was on one man, sir bradley wiggins. could he become gb's most decorated 0lympian of all time? the british quartet of wiggins, london gold medalists ed clandy and steven burke and 0wain doull trailed all the way till the closing stages. britain? australia? certainly gb in record time! another day, another gold. this time a successful defence of the women's team pursuit as laura trott, alongside joanna rowsell shand, eleanor barker and katie archibald became the first british women to win three 0lympic golds. not to be outdone by his fiance, jason kenny retained his 0lympic crown in the individual sprint. beating compatriot callum

skinner into silver. becky james put more than two years of injury and illness behind her to take silver. while mark cavendish's status as one of the all time greats on the road is undisputed, at his third 0lympic games an olympic medal was still a big hole. many doubted the omnium would change that. how wrong they were. after all the effort... mark cavendish has an olympic medal. silver. the sixth and final day brought more gold. trott inked her name further into the record books with an emphatic defence of her omnium title. becky james celebrated a second silver in the individual sprint and katy marchant showed promise for the future with bronze. jason kenny going for a british record... in the final event, aiming to match sir chris hoy's feat and secure his third gold of the games. and equal his predecessor's record total of six.

golden hat—trick in rio! jason kenny! british record equalling sixth gold! for the third 0lympics in a row, gb dominated proceedings in the velodrome. golden performance from the whole of the british squad. and not to be forgotten out on the road, chris froome followed up a third tour de france victory with time trial 0lympic bronze. swimming is undoubtedly one of the most popular 0lympic sports. but the british team had been noticeable absentees from the podium among most sports at london 2012. they missed the medal target, just three. but four years on, led by a new generation, results would be different. here's double olympic champion rebecca adlington's take. it was a target of four—six medals going to rio. i think adam peaty got the ball absolutely rolling. brilliant.

fantastic. adam takes olympic gold by a street! obliterated the world record! most of the time it's literally down to fingernails. winning by such a way over 100 is huge. over 100m is huge. so surreal. team gb's first gold. this is a product of seven years of work. more importantly, did it for my country. so important. just to be one of those next to adam peaty who's just got gold, just lifts you. for those boys, the relay, silver, so impressive. for me it shows the depth in british swimming. we can back it up. men's 4x200, girls equally did well. jazz getting two silvers. i felt so attached, the events i used to do. so pleased.

rio was her moment. siobhan as well. the fact she pushed the competition, scared her, a sense of what's to come. they're going to have an even better tokyo 0lympics. inspired by the success of the british swimmers, gb divers aimed to make their own impact here at the aquatic park. from a british perspective, it's no longerjust about london bronze medallist tom daley. he was here but he has talented team—mates! so here come the brits... jack law and chris mears. this pair are gunning for a medal. here they go. yes!

good enough! yes! this is the moment forjack and chris... yes! come on! it is gold! pure gold forjack and chris! law and mears have done it! tom daley and dan goodfellow. this is going to have to be so good. last one. enough? going to be so close. wait and see... done it! daley and goodfellow are bronze medallists! jack law... yes! get in! tremendous. silver to add to gold. tremendous performance byjack law. hi everyone. i'm jadejones and i won my second taekwondo gold in rio. relief more than anything.

having all that pressure, number one, so much expectation. just amazing to do it on the day. nail it. in good style. great games for gb taekwondo. you may remember this interview! half second from accomplishing my dream! i don't want to cry on tv but i'm distraught! he'll be back in tokyo. for gold. but another impressive medal. bianca walkden claimed heavyweight bronze. other spillway are good at is boxing. rounding off the combat

sport isjudo. sally boxing. rounding off the combat sport is judo. sally conway claimed bronze in thejudo in sport is judo. sally conway claimed bronze in the judo in the sport is judo. sally conway claimed bronze in thejudo in the —70 k division. coming up. we find out how tea m division. coming up. we find out how team gb did in the hockey and we ta ke team gb did in the hockey and we take a look at some of these su ccesses take a look at some of these successes for britain's paralympics. back at the 2004 athens 0lympics, britain had one qualifier and no gold medals. london 2012 best way to unfold. this

summer was london 2012 best way to unfold. this summer was incredible for gymnastics. i don't think that ten yea rs gymnastics. i don't think that ten years ago we could ever have dreamt of coming home with seven 0lympic medals. max whitlock picking up double 0lympic medals. max whitlock picking up double olympic gold. i don't think anyone would have expected that. he suddenly found himself in medal contention and i don't think he even where lies when he'd won the gold. an hour later he had to walk out into the pommel horse final with lewis smith. we knew it was going to be closed. they performed the routines of their lives. i've com pletely routines of their lives. i've completely outdone myself. it's incredible. i don't know what to say. i'm so, so happy. to see one

and two on that podium for britain was incredible. she's only 16 years old. and three years later —— trio weeks later she was picking up her gcses. and medal was picked up in the high bar, the first ever medal on that piece of apparatus for britain. we can't forget about macs will —— max whitlock is, he also picked up another bronze. what an achievement for our athletes. the me there to stand there in the stands, being on the other side of the stage, i thought i would be a little bit nervous and wish i was still out there, but i'm just proud to be british. 0ne there, but i'm just proud to be british. one of the major worries of

the rio 0lympics was water pollution, with the discovery of drug—resistant pollution, with the discovery of drug—resista nt bacteria in pollution, with the discovery of drug—resistant bacteria in the bay. would it impacts of britain's mo a cce pta ble would it impacts of britain's mo acceptable sports? there's no guarantees in sport but victories for heather standing and helen glover could be close. they are defending their 0lympic title. they are fearless, defending their 0lympic title. they a re fearless, they defending their 0lympic title. they are fearless, they are out —— without equal, they are history makers. they defend their 0lympic title and they have done it in such style. they would be gold medals for the men's coxless fours and the men's eight. many thought katherine grainger would retire after london that the temptation proved strong. after a long break from the sport,

it was unsurprised that the double act failed to impress in the warm up. it's a silver medal! i'm proud of what we have done. it's a medal people wouldn't have put money on. tokyo ? people wouldn't have put money on. tokyo? mum and dad, i promise i will never put you through that again. liam heath lived up to his billing as one of the pre—game favourites in the kayaks. he also partnered john schofield to silver. if you saw the kayaks. he also partnered john schofield to silver. if you sanoe clark is a medal prospect in the slalom, he had a near—perfect run to claim gold. david florence subdued the fourth successive silver of his career, pairing up with richard thornfield. scott also one in the sailing, and

these two young women one at rio. my name is hollywood and i was a member of the hockey team that won gold at the rio 0lympics. we knew if we could get a good game under our belts then we could use the momentum all the way to the tournament. the game was tough but we managed to win the game against australia. we topped the poll and won all of our games. i remember thinking that we would have to win every single game.

the quarterfinal was difficult. we drew spain and we managed to win. in the semifinals we were up against new zealand who were lightning fast. 0ur coach said to us one more game. great britain in the olympic final. the netherlands hadn't lost a game since 2004. the dutch played out of their skins and they were all over us. their skins and they were all over us. we had to play the games of our lives. we had four chances and scored three. it ended 3—3. we were positive going into the shuffles. maddie, making some incredible saves. helen scored hers. they are off the mark in the shoot out! if i scored my last one then that would

be it and we'd win. i made sure i went up really slowly, making sure that hollywood was waiting for me. four. scores! that the golden goal! it's the best feeling in the world. i won the individual gold and team silver in the dressage in rio. winning my gold meant the world to me and it was the perfect —— perfect way to finish my career with allegra. we also had britain's

second oldest 0lympic allegra. we also had britain's second oldest olympic champion of all time. two other sports with equestrian work rugby sevens and shooting. the men's rugby team took home silver in their debut while gb shooters had two bronze medals to celebrate. in the trap and the double trap, claiming the honours. can you tell us what it means to me? easy! this smile. finally, to badminton. they secured their first medal in the sport since 2004 with men's double bronze. rio's breathtaking geography and spectacular seafront is make for a stunning setting but the city isn't

without its problems and life for disabled people here is not without its problems. so the paralympics hopes to prove —— improve attitudes towards disabled people. dame sarah storey already had an incredible haul heading into rio and that was further extended. three gold medals saw her as the most accessible british pa ralympian of saw her as the most accessible british paralympian of all time with four titles. johnny peacock sprinted his way to a stunning defence of his 100 metre crown. an historic one, two, 34 britain's archers, hannah cockroft, bethany firth and others who excelled. he's the best of the rest. the older more experienced

members of paralympics gb delivered again in rio that the young, new stars also made their mark. winning gold, cycling and athletic, and it's a great day. it's amazing. the support, yeah, it makes me feel so special and i am very happy. there was inspiration from london 2012. for yea rs was inspiration from london 2012. for years on, these young women have become medallists. it's also great to see directions of the team still topping the podium. we can't ignore the fact that great britain's success has been helped by the absence of russia and the doping ban, but there were fears these games would not even happen at all in the lead up. but the 11 days, the

brazilian people embraced the paralympic spirit. great britain placed behind china with a stunning total of 147 medals. back to the 0lympics now, and away from the golden performances of the british teams in rio, there were many incredible achievements from athletes in other countries as well. usain bolt rounded up an unbelievable career.|j usain bolt rounded up an unbelievable career. i look on it as an accomplishment. i live for these moments, and for me, it's beautiful and i'm proud of myself. from the greatest sprinter delete greatest swimmer. michael phelps has rewritten the record books twice over. he has said it before, but he insists he is now retired for good.

from poverty to the podium, rafaela silver grill up in one of rio's toughest neighbourhoods, was disqualified in london and labelled an embarrassment. a fairy tale turn around and brazil's first gold of the game. never before had brazil won 0lympic football, but inspired by barcelona, they finally completed the grand slam titles. 200 million brazilians green with delight. america dazzled in the gymnastics, a staff now and future games. it was a golden games for so many nations with 67 medals, 27 of them gold, it was historic for great britain. we

became the first nation to beat their title from the home games just four years later and finished second on the medal table behind the usa and ahead of china. we said goodbye to sir bradley wiggins and jessica ennis hill who wrote the competing in the next 0lympics, but some new young stars building on their su ccesses . young stars building on their successes. so from the right to rio, we are now on the trail to tokyo. they very merry christmas to you. i'm old and cloudy afternoon. —— a cold and cloudy. the odd bits of rain in wales and the south—west. the further east you, the dryer. for

some you will have a bright afternoon, but unseasonal temperatures. watch out for some many gusty winds as the cold front comes down. a good deal colder and don't forget on boxing day for the north of scotland, storm connor is what we will have to deal with. generally speaking, for the rest of the british isles, a little bit breeding places but sunshine around ina much breeding places but sunshine around in a much fresher feel to the day. -- little in a much fresher feel to the day. —— little bit breezy. this is bbc news. i'm christian fraser. the headlines at 1pm: the queen misses the christmas day service at sandringham as she has a heavy cold.

the duke of edinburgh and other members of the royal family were at church on the norfolk estate. meanwhile in berkshire, the duke and duchess of cambridge took prince george and princess charlotte to communion. they're spending christmas with kate's family, the middletons. more than 60 members of a celebrated russian military band are among the missing after a plane crashed in the black sea on its way to syria. a search—and—rescue mission is underway in the black sea. president putin announces a day of mourning tomorrow. also in the next hour: the pope uses his christmas mass at the vatican to call for an end to the war in syria. pope francis tells thousands of spectators that "it's time for weapons to be still for ever", and urges world leaders to negotiate a peace deal. and in